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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1947
Page
3
Monterey Police Chief Fred Moore will be guest speaker at Shafter Rotary today at noon. District 106's HW Kelly brings Moore to share his record with local youth and how juvenile delinquency fell in Monterey under his leadership.
The standard defines cream cheese as containing not less than 35 percent milk fat and not more than 55 percent moisture. The rule specifies minimum fat content and maximum moisture to classify the cheese product.
Proceedings feature remarks from Robert Gordon Sproul at Berkeley Dr Robert M Hutchins at Stanford Carl Eastman president of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Arnold Marquis of Sacramento offers a wry note on radio commentators The collection highlights optimism about Pacific expansion and cautions on political speculation with a focus on public figures and institutions.
A wedding shower and reception for Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Johnson was held at Kern Academy auditorium with over 300 guests. The couple, married in November in Glendale, were celebrated as Lucille Roth directed reading and music. Mrs. Johnson is Alice Gibson of North Hollywood. the groom is from Shafter, a Kern Academy graduate who served three years in the armed forces. They plan to live in Shafter where he farms with his father, William Johnson.
City building inspector E. K. Grant announced November building permits totalled 55000. This week permits included a two car garage with two bedrooms for Jack Thompson costing 2000 and an addition of a bedroom and bath to H. H. Gaede’s house valued at 1200.
Jacob Primer Leese became the second grantee of a San Francisco lot and erected the area's first house in 1837, marking an early milestone in the city’s development.
Seven directors of the Shafter Chamber of Commerce were named at a recent meeting at Shafter Motel to guide chamber activities in 1948. The appointees include Joe Cosgrove Peter Channeson Dr. O G Ohlsson A J Hemingson Irvin Fike Wm Stoller and Paul Newell. The board will select a president vice president and secretary before next Friday’s gathering. Ernest Panero presided and praise was given to the Shafter 20 30 Club for Christmas décor and tree work. The chamber approved purchasing a Kern County Tuberculosis and Health Association Christmas bond and discussed traffic safety with a future meeting planned on the topic.
Ronald and Donald Mettler, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Dettner Mettler, celebrated their fifth birthday at home on December 4. Grandparents Carl Neumann and W F Mettler, and Lester Neufeld with family attended along with the parents.
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